NTN Encore Question of March 1st, 2008.
Played at The Squire & Firkin in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Answers:
Tonight I'm playing with two boards as ROCKET and LITBOX, with Rob COSMO, Sean METLCA/MS M (as LeeAnn had gone home) and Phil PLBAAB.
My game so far had gone like this: TuneUp...ROCKET...5000/5000...1st/6...our six boards win round with 5000. ...........LITBOX...5000/5000...1st/6...I don't need any guessing this week. OnBeat...ROCKET...14000/14000...1st/6...our six boards win round with a perfect 9 for 9 effort. ..........LITBOX...14000/14000...1st/6...I had help on two questions. I got my first copy of Billboard through the mail this week but some of the questions were either newer than that or I read in the mainstream press. JukeBox...ROCKET...19773/20000...5th/6...METLCA wins round and still has a perfect game with 20000. ...........LITBOX...19773/20000...5th/6. We sweep through this round pretty well with me getting the categories I wanted. Triviaoke...ROCKET...23422/28000...5th/6...COSMO wins round. ...........LITBOX...23402/28000...6th/6...I took three -250 scores this round. I cost METLCA a perfect game when called an answer for lyrics to 'Hotel California' which appeared in a different part of the song. That happened last week so I read from the message board for a song I didn't know.
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Now the Encore answers come up. Wow these are oldies. 1960's girl groups. I haven't heard '3'. I ask some guys arranging seats to watch the Ultimate Fighting to back up so they wouldn't block the view for this final question. This was the reason we came to this bar as they'd never shown these PPVs before. I was sitting at the next table over so I'd be closer to the monitor. I have to go over tomorrow to get my new prescription for glasses as I had my eyes tested last on Wednesday.
Encore Question:...George Harrison was accused of plagiarizing which Chiffons song for his "My Sweet Lord"?
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I read the first five words and looked over at Rob. Yep we know this one right away. This question has been asked over the years in other rounds and games and is very mainstream news.
Correct Answer:....5. He's So Fine
[NTN Extra Fact:...Harrison's 1976 hit titled 'This Song' is about the famous plagiarization case.]
I'm right and stay in 5th with ROCKET at 35133. I finish 98th in all North America. The bar is 15th in North America with a 36431 average. I earn 3000+ points for making this week's standard of 18000. COSMO wins with 38185 and is 1st on this bar's Hall of Fame. Our group owns the top six spots for our six times here. 10th spot is just over 4000 and 9th is over 11000.
(ntn.com moved us up to 14th place out of 2069 bars)
Here's how the rest of the bar did: Player preEncore Final Rank ntn.com rank COSMO 25457 38185 24 77 PLBAAB 24712 37068 48 146 METLCA 24017 36025 71 224 MS M 23830 35745 79 238 ROCKET 23422 35133 98 266 LITBOX 23402 35103 99 271 (ntn.com listed 10801 players)
Other games:...I was visiting this week so didn't know what my Player's Plus points total was.
7:30pm...Triviaoke...ROCKET...6987/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 482nd in NA.
................LITBOX...6987/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 482nd in NA...the bar is 1113th in North America.
I was signed on in time for the last 13 questions. I answered two questions for a total of "0" before my friends signed on.
8:00pm...JukeBox...ROCKET...11504/14000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 13th in NA.
................LITBOX...11505/14000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 12th on the Network Top 20 in all NA...bar is 33rd in NA.
8:30pm...Tuned In Trivia...ROCKET...9987/15000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 10000th in NA...COSMO wins.
..........LITBOX...9967/15000...3rd/6...1000+ points...I'm 10001st in NA...the bar is 862nd in NA.
I needed a lot of help this game.
9:00pm...Playback (see above).
10:00pm...RetroTV Countdown...ROCKET...12629/15000...1st/6...1000+ points...I'm 91st in NA.
.............LITBOX...12620/15000...2nd/6...1000+ points...I'm 92nd in NA...bar is 305th in NA.
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